Question 81

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

1 Timothy 5:8 (ESV)

⁸But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Proverbs 28:19 (ESV)

¹⁹Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 23:20-21 (ESV)

²⁰Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, ²¹for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

Ephesians 4:28 (ESV)

²⁸Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Traditional Formulation

Question: What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

Answer: The eighth commandment forbids whatsoever does or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbor’s wealth or outward state.

Adaptation Commentary

No Change.